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(ModeL) L. O. TIFFANY.

PANEL FOR WALLS, OEILINGS, &0. No. 299,181. Patented May 27, 1884.

1TB 1 AYES A'IEN F F LOUIS O. TIFFANY, OF Nlll/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS O. TIFFANY 8s 00., OF SAME PLACE.

PANEL eon WALLS, CElLlNGS, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent n6. 299,181, dated May 27, 1884.

- Application filed January 29, 1884. (Model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS G. TIFFANY, of

the city, county,.and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Panels for Walls, Ceilings, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to so construct ing panels that they will combine asurface of decorative relief with a fire-proof foundation,

10 the whole being suitable for the convenient covering of walls in sections.

It consists, first, in the process of producing the panel; second, in the panel so produced as a new article of manufacture.

I5 In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a die containing a decorative relief, in negative. Fig. 2 is a crosssection thereof, taken in the line :0 m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a panel constructed according to my invention. i

1 proceed as follows to obtain the panel: A sheet of asbestus paper of the required size of the panel is first moistened with warm gluewater. It is then placed over the negative relief contained on the face of the die. The paper is then gradually pressed into such negative, thus: Take a brush containing stiff bristles and tap gently on the paper with the ends of the bristles impinging thereon. Thus the paper will be gradually forced down into the relief of the negative, so as to completely cover all portions of it and without breaking any of the fibers of the paper. The glue-water will cause the paper to retain its position in the negative relief until it has dried sufliciently, so as to be safely removed therefrom.

A is a die containing a relief.

13 is the asbestus paper (shown in Fig. 1) in the process of being pressed into such relief in negative.

0 isa brush shown intheposition it assumes relatively to the paper and relief in negative as it is being manipulated by the hand of the operator, in order to force the paper down into the configuration. A gentle heat, if the die is of metal, may be applied thereto, in order to hasten the drying of the panel. The glue-water serves to retain the relief on the panel in shape until it has dried out suffieiently, and the rigidness of the panel will depend upon the number of sheets of asbestus that are operated on at one time to form it.

In the illustration given I have used three sheets, which form quite a stout panel. After the panel has been so treated and been re moved from the die, it has, in positive, the configuration or relief of such die.

This panel D (see Fig. 3) may be painted, bronzed, or otherwise decorated. It may be given the appearance of papier-mach or lincusta walton. It can be nailed upon the walls or ceiling, or both, thus taking the place of ornamental plaster or paper, and producing effects similar thereto more economically. It has the additional advantage over paper or wood or equivalent ornamentation of being entirely fire-proof, not only protecting itself, but the woodwork or substance upon which it is nailed or otherwise fastened.

The asbestus sheets may be moistened in any other sizing material than warm glue-wa- 7O ter which will give them when forced into the die a rigid condition; also, other means may be used in place of the brush above described to aid-in properly forcing the sheets into the die without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim 1. Theprocess of producing fire-proofdecorative tiles by moistening asbestus sheets and then forcing such sheets into a die containing a negative of the desired decorative relief, substantially as described.

2. A fire-proof panel composed of asbestus paper on which is placed a surface or decorative relief, substantially as described.

LOUIS O. TIFFANY.

\Vitnesses:

J 012m 0. PLATT, F. E. BARNES. 

